Jazz Sous Les Bigaradiers The Perfect Cure For Those Long Autumn Nights

The jazz season continues on into the autumn months on the Côte d’Azur with the annual Jazz sous les Bigaradiers festival in La Gaude.

The Nice Jazz Festival and Jazz à Juan are but dim and distant memories at this stage, but enthusiasts of this music form are still being catered for locally, with the 17th edition of Jazz Sous les Bigaradiers.

The festival is jointly organised by the Association So What and the commune of La Gaude, and this year will feature some 70 musicians and 16 orchestras from four different countries, playing in 13 different venues around the village of La Gaude.

The festival runs from Saturday 9th to Tuesday, 19th November, with an eclectic programme on offer for each of the nights. Some of the highlights include:-

Sunday, 17th November – Église de la Guade (11am)“Les Ménestrels d’Antibes” – a morning of baroque music with 24 choristers.

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Monday, 18th November – La Coupole (9pm)An evening of Jazz and Cinema with a showing of the Coen Brothers’ ‘Inside Llewin Davis‘, and a concert featuring the Rossitza Milevska trio (see lead image).

Tuesday, 19th November – So What (8:30pm)An evening of improvised music with the duo Bruno Toccane and Henri Roger with their guests, Eric-Maria Couturier and Emmanuelle Somer.

For full details of all events on the programme, please check the official festival website, where you will also find information on ticket prices. For reservations and bookings, you may either email the organisers or contact the local Tourist Office on 04 93 24 47 26